I have noticed that i make a lot of hats. They are so much fun to make. There's so much technique that can go into one simple hat yet it doesn't take forever like sweaters or ponchos do. They also make great gifts, not to mention I love to wear them too....and most of the patterns I give as gifts I have made one for myself first :-)
The hat that I am posting about today is one I actually finished a while ago and have been sporting around for the past several months. I call it my warm hat. I mixed a wool blend with an extremely soft acrylic yarn to make probably one of my favorite hats yet. I've been looking for a flower to make it look a little more girly, but not a huge fru fru one. I finally found one that is very easy to make yet quite original looking. It will go with the style of hat quite well I think I'm pretty excited about it. I found the pattern for it on ravelry of corse, here it is.
Flower:
With double-pointed needles, CO 68 stitches in pink (color B). Join carefully to work in round, being careful to avoid twisting. Work in stockinette (all knit) until work measures 1.5 inches. K2tog across round, break yarn, and thread through all stitches. Pull to draw together, but leave a big enough hole in the middle to fit around your button. Knot yarn to keep from loosening up again, weave in ends and block.
I will have to post pictures when I have it finished. now on to picking out the yarn for the flower....tuff choices!
